Valve-controlling mechanism.



No. 929,979. PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

- J. WILKINSON;

VALVE CONTROLLING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1905.

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positions. This I effect by 3 j regulate by two nozzles t e pressures on both si of a valve-actuating piston, it being.

understood that the reference to a valve- State of Rhode Island, have-invented new 'utilize this means of The resulting movements of the fluid --jet act ed to cover the directoperation of the valve,

' art of the valve. itself or connected thereto:

JAMES WILKINSON, OF PROVIDENCE,

WILKINSON TURBINE COM PANY,

RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO A CORPORATION OF ALABAMA.

* VALVE-CONTROLLING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application and my 3,1905. Serial No. 268.203.

Patented July 24, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs' WILKINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in'th'e county of Providence and and useful Improvements in Valve-Controlling Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to valve mechanism wherein a jet of steam or other fluid under pressure is utilized to provide avalve-actw ating. power whose-potential is determined by the location of the valve,or its operating.- piston and which 006 crates with a second controllable power to etermine the position of the valve. I

The utilization of a jetof fluidressure under the control of'a movable nozz eto operate valves and valve-motors constitutes the subject-matter of numerous patents al ready issued to me.

One object of my present invention is to roducing a substantially static pressure oFvaryin potential to provide a resistance which, aiter the fashion of a large spiral spring, will op ose a controller-power of varying potentia and cause the valve to assume intermediate operating providing aconby until it produces a pressure w or piston upon which its controlling effect is exerted and which therefore moves in conrespondence with any movement of the valve.

through suitable instrumentalities to grad ually raise or lower'the pressure, opposing the valve-controller power to a degree de termined by the location of the valve, which will thus balance itself between equal powers.

It is a further object of my present invention to adapt the princi le of jet control to actuating piston is used broadly'and is intenditself or the use of anypressure-actuated device for shifting a vs vs, whether forming a his jet control is preferably1 effected by-ad- 'usting the position of one of t e nozzles, which item the controller nozzle, to roduce a definite pressureinone end of the vali'e-piston cylinder, which as it exceeds or falls below the pressure produced by the other or compensatmg nozzle in the opposite end of the cylinder causes the piston to change its position. This movement of the piston is transmitted to the compensating nozzle which is ad'usted thereliichwill balance that produced by the controllernozzle, when the movement of the valve and piston will cease until again unbalanced by the controller-nozzle. By roviding a governing 'means to adjust t e controller-nozzle the valve may be definitely and positively moved to any desired operating position,

where it admits a volume of fluid-pressure proportioned to" the motors load and is definitely held there between balanced res-' sures,"it being noted that the degree 0 the balanced ressures varies with the position of the va ve from a partial vacuum to substantially the. pressure of the controller-jets.

M invention further comprises the novel combination of a stationar main nozzle with an adjustable guide-nozzl e whichis practically balanced to reduce the work on the governor.

My invention further comprises the details of -'construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, andillustrated in p the accompan ing drawings, in whichtroller-nozzle wlnch is operated by the valve 7 Figure 1 1 lustrates a piston o erated valve provided with a controller mec anism shown in vertical section and constructedin accordance with my invention. Fi 2 is a detail view of the secondary contro ller-casmg. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the primary controller-casing. Figs. 4 and 5 are charts indicat' the curves of pressure in two ends of the cy inder, Fig. 1,as the controller-nozzle moves to effect the opening or closing of the valve.

Similar reference numerals, refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The valve-casing lis provided with an inang es.- The casing 1s reduce to receive a .gratedvalve-shell 4, provided with a plu-' rality of ports 5, through which fluid-pres- .valve by spiders 9. The piston-rod 8 prowith the dis letrt 2. and outlet-port 3, dis osed at right vr05 I jects through a stuffing-box a removable head 11 for the valve-casing, the shell 4 and valve 9 being'disposed in place before the therefore be varied at will.-

I secured therein in any suitab abovthis nozzle 20 the casin is enlarged to into the nozze 21.

The controller mechanism for the valve comprises a cylinder 12, within which apiston 13 is dis osed and connected to the valvestem 8, which projects through a stuffing-box 14in the front head of the cylinder. The cylinder is provided with inlet-ports 15 and 16 for the controller fluid-pressure, disposed at each end and 'so arranged that they will not be closed by the ends of the piston 13, which are beveled, when at either extreme of its travel. These orts 15 and 16 are connected by right an left threaded ni ples 17 to the primary and secondary contro ler-casings 18 and 19, respectively.

The rimary controller-casing is provided at its in iet end with a stationary jetsnozzle20, e manner and supplied with fluid-pressure of any character from any convenient source. Immediately receive a movable guide-nozz e comprising a nozzle 21, secured to or formed inte ral with acylindrical nozzle-holder 22, whic 'is provided with a transverse passage which flares at the end op osite the nozzle 20 and opens The holder is inserted through a side opening in the casing and mounted in circular seats which serve as bear-. ings for its ends. The guide nozzle is screwed into ano ening through the holder after same is in p ace, the nozzle being inserted through one of the fluid-passages. The guide-nozzle may be readily moved by means of a stem 23, which projects through a stufling-box 24 in the plate 25, which closes the opening in the casing through which the nozzle-holder was inserted. This movement may be effected by hand, if desired, or, as shown, by the use of a crank 26, connected by linli 27 to an arm 28, journaled'on a stationary pin 29 and connected to a sliding collar 30, o erated by centrifugal governor-weights 31, riven by a shaft 32, which derives its motion in any desired manner from the machine to be governed. As the guide-nozzle is rocked in its bear ngs it is brought opposlteto a assage 33, communicating through the nipp e 17 with the cylinder-port 15 or to the passage 34, leading to the exhaust-port 35.

' These ports 34 and 35 are divided bya knifeedge'partition 36, disposed close to the"jet nozzle 25, the operation being that this par- 'tition. acts to divert more or less of the jet of pressure into the cylinder or to the exhaust, according to the position of the nozzle. When the guide-nozzle is discharging a et of fluid directly into the assage 33,- the pressure at the right end of the cylinder, due to the im act action of the jet, will be substantially that of the controller-pressure. As the nozzle is moved to the left the impact action decreases, while the ejector action of the jet in the assa e 34 increases, the pressure in the rig t on of the cylinder gradually decreasing until a partial vacuum will exist therein, dueto the full ejector action of the jet in the passage 34.

The secondary controller-casing19 is provided with a nozzle-holder 36, similar to 22, but of smaller dimensions and similarly mounted in the casing. Its operatingestem 37 projects through plate 38, similar to 25, and is provided with astuffing-box 39. Fluid-pressure from any desired source is sup lied to the casing through a port 40 below t e nozzle with the le t end of the cy 'nder or into a passage 43, communicating with the exhaust through port 35 or in any other manner. The jet of fluid-pressure controlled by the nozzle 41 will operate to raise and lower the ressure.

in the left end of the cylinder in t e same manner as the jet controlled by the guidenozzle controls the ressure in the right end of the cylinder. T e reverse disposition of the injector and ejector ports 33 .34 and 42 43 necessitates the movement of the primary and secondary nozzles in opposite directions to produce the same eflects. ment is desirable only to enable both controller-casings to exhaust througha common port.

To produce intermediate operating positions for the piston 13, such as that in which it is illustrated, I mount a crank 44 on the stem 37 of the secondary nozzle and connect this crank by means of arms 45 and 46 to a its free end, which is engaged by a pin 50,

carried by the valve-stem 8. The arms. 45 and 46 are threaded at their adjacent ends and .are connected by a turnbuckle or reversely-threaded sleeve 51 for the purpose of adjusting the connection between the pistonoperated arm 47 and the secondary nozzle.

This arrangement, is important to enable the secondary nozzle to be adjusted so that it This arrangeacts with the lead or lag requisite'to produce 7 by cooperation with the primary controller means any desired speed or length of stroke of thevalve, thereby securing the most sensitive governing effectsas to speed or'load. The secondary controller-nozzle will move in correspondence with the motor-piston and will act to cause a variation of pressure in the left end of the cylinder that willipractically correspond with the action of a large spiral spring, if such were used at this point, to resist the movement of the piston, the action, of

the jet being that as the piston moves to. the

passages 34 and 43, there will left the injector action of the nozzle'41 increases, thereby raising the pressure in the left end of the cylinder in the manner shown .by the curve in 4, where D represents the distance traveled by the piston, and P the pressure in the left end of the cylinder. The movement of the secondary nozzle to the left increases its injector action and gradually raises the pressure to a degree determined by the/position of the piston along the line D. If now the valve be in its closed position and both controller-nozzles dischargingiinto the be nopressure in the cylinder 12. If it is desired to open the valve partially, the guide-nozzle 25 is shifted to the right and a'small portion of its pressure diverted'into the right end of the cylinder. This will start and move the piston-to the left, which movement will bring the secondary nozzle in position to divert a part of its pressure into the left end of the cylinder. As this latter pressure increases as the piston moves while the pressure at the right end of the cylinder may remain constant, it follows that the movement of the pis ton will thus bring the pressures on its 0 posite faces to an equilibrium, when it w' 1 be balanced. and stationar Any further movement of the guide-nozzfe either to the right or left will act 1n the same way by unbalancing the piston in either direction to cause a shift ing movement of the piston, which will act to ba ance itself in other positions through the compensating The piston Wlll thus be capable of asssuming stationary positions at any point in its travel, it being noted that the degree of the balancing pressures varies from the partial vacuum at one end ofthe cylinder to substantially the, same degree of pressure as that ofthe controller-pressures at the other end of the c linder. This novel effect as produced by fliiid pressure means is broadly new to my present invention, and I desire to protect the same without limitation trated for producing it.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as newrand desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In an elastic-fluid turbine, the combination with an admission-port, a valve therefor, a controllable power means to move said valve in one direction and fluid pressure means, tendin tion, w ose power varies to the movements of said 2. A valve-controllin to the devices illusdirectly in response valve.

mechamsm comprisin a valve, a movab e nozzle which con-'' trols, y a jet of fluid, the pressure acting to move said valve in one direction, means to move said nozzle in correspondencewith the valv'es movements, and a variable power means to oppose the action of said pressure.

3. Valve mechanism comprising a valve,

means to apply a-controllable power to move action of the secondary nozzle.

to move said valve in the other direcsaid valve in opposition to said pressure.

5. In a valve-controlling mechanism, the combination with a fluid-pressure-operated valve, of a nozzle to control, by a jet of fluid,

a valve-controlling pressure, and adjustable means to move said nozzle in correspondence With said valves movements.

6. A valve-controlling mechanism comprising a fluid-pressure-actuated valve, and a controller-nozzle for regulating a valve-actuating pressure which is operably and adjustably connected to parts movable with the valve.

7. The combination of a valve and operating mechanism therefor comprising a iston, a cylinder therefor, a movable nozzle t rough which a jet of fluid-pressure flows, means to move said nozzle in correspondence with the valves movements, means utilizing the injector and ejector effect, of a jet of fluid flowing throu h' said-nozzle to vary the pressure in one end of said cylinder, and means to apply a controllable power to move said valve and piston in opposition to said j et-controlled pressure.

8. A fluid-pressure-controller mechanism for a valvecomprising a cylinder and piston for'operating sald valve, controller-chambers communicating with each end of said cylinders, and means in each controller-chamber which divert a freely-flowing stream of fluid to control the operation of said valves.

9. In a valve-controlling mechanism, a

fluid-pressure-actuated. valve, a piston connected thereto, and means utllizlng s1multa 'neously the impact effect of freely-flowing streams of fluid to act on said piston and control the operation of said valve. I

10. In combination, a valve, a fluid-motor for operating said valve, conduits for supplying valve-actuating fluid to said motor, a controller-nozzle for each conduit ada ted to deliver a jet of fluid thereinto, an means to control the otential of the'fluid-pressure in said motor By varying the relative position of said nozzles and conduits.

11. In a valve-controlling mechanism, the combination with a piston-actuated valve, of a cylinder for said plston, a nozzle moved by said piston for controlling, by a jet of fluid,

'the pressure in one end of said cylinder, and a nozzle movable in response to a governor for controlling by a fluid-jet the pressure in the other end of said cylinder.

12. The combination of a slide-valve, a

fluid-motor for operating said valve comprising a cylinder and piston, and mechanism for controlling the pressures in both ends of the cylinders independently which comprise two controller-chambers communicating each with an end ofsaid c linder and an exhaustport, means to supp fluid-pressure to said chambers and movab e nozzles to direct said fluid-pressure in the form of I ets to raise or lower the ressures in the cm s of said cylinder, one 0 said nozzles being adjusted in cor.-

respondence with the movement of the piston while the other nozzle moves in correspondence with the movement of a governor.

' vices for controlling its operation comprising a cylinder, a fluid-controller chamber communicating therewith and with an exhaust, a

stationary nozzle in said chamber through which a jet of fluid flows under ressure, a balanced guide-nozzle having a aring port to receive the jet from said stationary nozzle, speed-governor-controlled means to move said guide-nozzle, and means to utilize the injector and ejector effect of the jet of fluid under the control of said guide-nozzle to produce a variable controllin pressure.

15. In a valve-control ing mechanism, a piston-operated valve, means utilizing simultaneously the impact effect of two freelyflowing streams of fluid under pressure to operate said piston-valve, and speed-responsive meansto independently regulate said streams and thereby control the operation of said Valve.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

C. H. W. MANDEVILLE, P. H. JILLSON. 

